Authorities say a 35-year-old man cleaning out a shellfish shucking machine at a New Bedford seafood processing plant has died.

Emergency personnel responded to a call for an industrial accident at the Sea Watch International Seafood Co. at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday.

Detective Capt. Steven Vicente tells The Standard-Times the victim "became entangled in a rotary turbine engine" while flushing out the machine. The fire department had to partially dismantle the machine to free the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.